Telephone-cabinet.



No. 893,219'. PATENTED JULY 14, 1908.

W. B. ALTIGK.

APPLICATION FILED 11017.15. 1907.

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No. 893,219. A PATBNTED JULYVM, -1908'. W. B. ALTIGK.

TELEPHONE CABINET.

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WILLIAM B. ALTICK, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA. TELEPHONE-CABINET.

N o. 893,219. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 14, 1908. Application led November 15, 1907. Serial No. 402,294.

To alt whom it may concern.' plan of the same as. it a pears when viewed k Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. ALTICK, a from above, the section being taken through citizen of the United States, residing at Lanthe point in Fig. 1. Fig. 9 is an inverted caster, in the county of Lancaster andState plan of the same with the bottom plate of 60,

5 of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new the casing removed. Fig. 10 is a plan of the and useful Improvements in Telephoneportion below the point y in Fig. 2. Fig. 11 Cabinets, of which the following is a specifiis an enlarged sectional elevation of the base cation, reference being had therein to the plate taken at the point z in Fi 8, showing accompanying drawing. the lower end portion of the incI sing wall of 65 i This invention relates to improvements in the cylindrical body and the central supporta telephone cabinet or closet of that class in lng roller in place. Fig 11a is a similar elewhich there Ais a :suitable casing or frame vation taken at the oint u in Fig. 8 as it practically rectangular in form, having three appears when viewe from the right. Fig.

closed sides, with top and bottom plates and .12 is a direct elevation of the portion shown 70 i an open front and in which a suitable semiin Fig. 11. with the lower ends of the covering cylindrical body, supported by rollers at the slats removed, as it appears when viewed lower end thereof, is adapted to` close and from the left. Fig. 13 1s a similar elevation open said front, completing the cabinet. of the same as it appears when viewed from The object of the invention is to provide a the right. Fig. 14 is a direct plan of the 75 neat and convenient cabinet for the purpose same portion as it appears when viewed from of'housing a telephone, insulating the same, the top. Fig. 15 is an inverted plan of Fig. 14. or cutting it off, as much as possible, from all In the drawing A designates the comoutside sounds or noises while using the inpleted cabinet referred to in the opening strument, said noises and sounds being eX- paragraph hereto, of the required dimensions 80 tremely annoying as well as detrimental to to house a telephone and to completely inapplicant.

pended claim or claims. a bottom plate a4, said walls and plates havparts throughout the several views, in Ao as of plate glass for the purpose of trans- 15 showing the front end o en with a telephone at, at the forward end edge thereof, has

i0 a longitudinal central vertical section of Fig. casing as indicated y dotted lines in Fig. 4, r p ate satisfactory communication; and the invenclose the person of the individual desirin to tion may be considered as an improvement use the same, said cabinet being adapte to on that embodied and disclosed in Patent be placed in an upright position and ri idly7 N o. 756,091, issued March 29, 1904, to this secured in place as against a vertical wal in aroom, oflice or hall containing said telephone, The elements of the invention will severbut the wall is not here shown. The cabinet ally and at lar e appear in the following decomprises a supporting frame or casing A1 scription, and t ey will be se arately or coinhavin a rear side wall a, a right end wall al binedly set forth or pointe out in the apand a eft end wall a2 with a top plate a3 and 90 The purposes of the invention are attained ing their edges rigidly. secured iii place in any by the mechanism, devices and means illusapproved manner. In the right and left trated in the accompanying drawing, with hand end walls al and 0.2, in the upper porsimilar reference characters to designate like tions thereof, are placed transparent panels which :k mitting light into the cabinet. The top Figure 1 is a front elevation of the complate as has at its forward end edge, rigidly pleted cabinet referred to in the opening parsecured thereto, an upwardly projecting oragraph hereto; Fig. 2 is a similar elevation namental molding A2, and the bottom plate 100 in place. Fig. 3 is a si e elevation of Fig. 1 hinged thereto as by strap hin es A3, the rear as it appears when viewed from the right. end edge of a semi'circular p ate a? for the Fig. 4 is a side elevation of Fig. 2 as it appurpose of turning it up to be folded inwardly pears when viewed from the right` Fig. 5 is against the front ed es ofthe end walls of the 105 l as it' appears when viewed from the right. while in the upper surface of said latte Fig. 6 is a longitudinal central vertical secd5, adjacent to the peripheral edge thereof, is t tion of Fig. 2 as it appears when viewed from formed a groove or recess a, and which thev right. Fig. 7 is an enlarged plan of the groove is continued rearwards in the upper 11o 5 casing as it a pears in Fig. 1 when viewed surface of said bottom plate a4, forming a cirfrom above. ig. 8 is a horizontal sectional cular guide way for the rollers supporting a semi-cylindrical body yet to be described. Botatablyl mounted within said casing A1 is a semi-cylindrical body B comprising a skeleton frame with a top rail l) anda bottom rail b1 both practically semi-circular in form, with end posts b2 secured to their extremities and their centers joined by a post b3 leaving interstices or spaces fr* between said posts and rails, which interstices are filled withany approved packing B1 preferably of a nonsound conducting substance. Against the outer and inner surfaces of the lower end rail as at the central and end points thereof are secured, in any approved manner, roller bracket plates b5 having pivoted between their lower ends rollers B2 adapted to engage in said circular guide way. Against the outer and inner surfaces of said top and bottom rails are rigidly secured in any approved manner the extremities of vertical slats or strips'Bs, having their edges provided with tongues and grooves for joining them. To the inner surface of the top rail is secured in any approved manner the peripheral edge of a practically semi-circular plate B4, completing said cylindrical body. At the required points, the end posts t7 are provided with hand grips or knobs B5 whereby said cylindrical body is rotated, opening or closing said cabinet. Against the inner surface of the lower end rail and between the roller bracket plates b5 are secured strips or pieces b of any approved packing, as of india rubber to cover the space between the lower ends of the inside strips B3 and the upper surface of the cabinet bottom. Against the outer edges of the end posts b2 are secured in any approved manner strips BG to cover said edges and to engage against the forward ends of the end walls, closing spaces which may form therebetween when the cabinet is closed. Against the forward edge of the plate a3 and before the molding A2 is affixed in place, is rigidly secured in any approved manner the upper end of a packing strip b7 being of such a width that its lower end edge will engage on the top surface of said plate B4, closing the space which may form therebetween. At the required point adjacent to the forward edge of the top plate a3 and at the required point adjacent to the rear end edge of the plate B4, on their respective center lines, said plates are provided with registering orifices through which a tube B7 of the required dimensions is inserted, said tube having at its upper end a head bs with screws 7) therethrough, and its lower end screwthreaded with a washer b placed thereon and a nut B8 screwed home on said screwthreaded end and against said washer, rotatably pivote ing said cylindrical body and casing together, thus completing the cabinet.

In the drawing the numeral 1 designates a telephone of the Bell type, but any other form or make of instrument may be used in place, which telephone is located in the upper portion of the casing and is rigidly securec in any approved manner to the inner or concave surface of the semicylindrical body B, so as to be inclosed in the cabinet when said semi-cylindiical body is rotated so as to close the open front end Extending across the top of the casing from rear to front, on the center line of the plate (1 is a roll 2 of the usual strands of wires which are here shown to be twisted together, and secured in place in any approved manner, electrically connecting the telephone with an electric source not shown in the drawing, said roll having its forward end 3 downwardly curving and passing through the tube. B7 the requireddistance, thence forwards and downwards to the u )per end of the telephone where said strands are separated and secured through said endr to the mechanism of the telephone, thus completing said electric con nection. Said tube B7, keeping said roll of strands in place and preventing it from twisting or untwisting, when said cylindrical body is rotated for the )urpose of closing or opening the front of sait casing.

The invention having thus been ascer tained and described and the manner in which its functions are performed fully shown and set forth, what is considered .new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is :-v

1. In a telephone cabinet, in combination, the casing A1, comprising the rear end wall 1., the right end wall al, the left end wall aff, the top plate a3, the bottom plate a, said plates and walls having their adjacent end edges rigidly secured together in any approved manner; the molding A2 adjacent to the lower end edge thereof rigidly secured to the forward end edge of the top plate a with the elastic strip 57 therebetween, and the tube B7 assing through the top plate a", said tube raving at its ujiper end the head bf to en ga ge on top of 'sait plate a?, with the screws b passing therethrough and into the body of said top plate to secure said head and tube in place, said tube adapted to pivot thereto the upper end of the telephone inclosing body, substantially as described and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

2. The combination in a tele )hone cabinet with the casing A1 as describe of the cylindrical body B comprising the upper and lower practically semi-circular end rails b and b1, having the posts b2 joining the extremities thereof and the post b3 connecting their een ters, with the interstices or spaces b between said posts and top and bottom rails, and the packing B1 inserted in said interstices; the vertical slats or strips B3 as described having their extremities rigidly secured in any approved manner to the concave and convex edges of said up )er and, lower end rails, with the semi-circu ar plate B having its 'peof the casing A.

ripheral edge rigidly secured in any approved manner to the up er surface of said top rail b and its center a jacent to thediametrical edge thereof pivoted on the lower end of said tube B7 having on its'screwthreaded end the washer b9 in engagement with the under surface of the plate B4 and the nut B8 on said screwthreaded end and screwed home against said washer, completing the pivoting of said cylindrical body to the casing, and the hand grips or knobs B5 provided to operate said cylindrical body, with the elastic strips B6 rigidly secured in any approved manner to the outer end edges of said end posts b2, all substantially as described and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

3. In a telephone cabinet having the casing A1 as described, the combination with the cylindrical body B as described and revolubly mounted within said casing, said cylindrical body having the top and bottom `rails b and b1 with the vertical slats having their extremities secured to the concave and convex edges thereof, of the roller bracket plates b5 thereof; the telephone 1 mounted on and rigidly secured in any approved manner to the concaved surface of a cylindrical body above the horizontal center line thereof, and the coil of wires through the pivoting tube B7 electrically connecting said telephone with an approved electric source before mentioned, substantially as described and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM B. ALTICK. Witnesses:

CHAS. E. LONG, MABEL L. LEFEVRE. 

